Blue Ocean Strategy

Finance

Pitney Bowes | March 23, 2022

Pitney Bowes Inc., a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services, today announced it has partnered with Funding Circle, a leading online small business lending platform, to provide loans to their small business customers. Powered by Funding Circle’s world class machine learning and technology platform, Pitney Bowes will offer small business term loans to their customers, who will benefit from Funding Circle’s streamli...

Small Business Trends

FICO | July 20, 2021

Leading analytics software firm FICO partners with preeminent small business organizations, Small Business Roundtable (SBR), National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC). Its Score A Better Future program aims to provide essential credit knowledge to entrepreneurs. FICO has been inviting consumers to broaden their credit education since 2018 through its successful, free-to-attend Score A Better Future program. Th...

Veem | May 13, 2020

Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect their business over the next 12-16 months. Of the 690 firms surveyed, 65% said they had either submitted an application for the federal aid or planned ...

Impact

Prospera | November 18, 2021

Prospera, the economic development nonprofit organization, announced today a $75,000 grant from Comcast NBCUniversal and Telemundo Enterprises as part of Comcast NBCUniversal's $100 million commitment to advance social justice and equality. The grant will support Hispanic entrepreneurs and small business owners in Florida and North Carolina. The award will enhance Prospera's programs and services to provide educational resources, individual guidance, access to capital and advance digital...